The renowned author of Among the Believers and Beyond Belief asserts in his fine essay (link) some noteworthy contentions, some of which can be our Questions for Debate:"So what impels the tiny minority of young men and women from immigrant communities to volunteer themselves to ‘jihad’ and to almost certain self-destruction, or young women to abscond from their families and from European reality to become jihadi brides?""It was an article of 6th and 7th Century Arab faith that everything before it was wrong, heretical," writes Mr. Naipaul. "There was no room for the pre-Islamic past." Can this explain to some notable degree the strong desire the Islamic State has to destroy ancient cultural antiquities and artifacts?

It is not permissible for the owner of a female captive to have sexual intercourse with her until after she has had menstrual cycle and becomes clean.

If she does not menstruate and is pregnant, he is not allowed to have sexual intercourse with her until after she has given birth.

It is not permissible to cause her to abort if she is pregnant.

If the owner of a female captive releases her, only he can have sexual intercourse with her and he cannot allow someone else to have sexual intercourse with her.

If the owner of a female captive, who has a daughter suitable for sexual intercourse, has sexual relations with the latter, he is not permitted to have sexual intercourse with her mother and she is permanently off limits to him. Should he have sexual intercourse with her mother then he is not permitted to have sexual intercourse with her daughter and she is to be off-limits to him.

The owner of two sisters is not allowed to have sexual intercourse with both of them; rather he may only have sexual intercourse with just one. The other sister is to be had by him, if he were to relinquish ownership of the first sister by selling her, giving her away or releasing her

If the female captive is owned by a father, his son cannot have sexual intercourse with her and vice-versa. Moreover, sexual intercourse with his wife's female captive is also not permissible

If a father had sexual intercourse with his female captive then gave her away or sold her to his son, he is no longer permitted to have sexual intercourse with her

If the female captive becomes pregnant by her owner, he cannot sell her and she is released after his death

If the owner releases his female captive then he is not permitted to have sexual intercourse with her afterwards because she has become free and is no longer his property

If two or more individuals are involved in purchasing a female captive, none of them are permitted to have sex with her because she is part of a joint ownership

It is not permissible to have intercouse with a female captive during her menstrual cycle

It is not permissible top have anal sex with a female captive

The owner of a female captive should show compassion towards her, be kind to her, not humiliate her and not assign her work she is unable to perform

The owner of a female captive should not sell her to an individual whom he knows will treat her badly or do unto her what Allah has forbidden